87R5530 KJE-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 1142
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of transfer pathways in the guidelines
addressing transfer practices published by general academic
teaching institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.830, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.830. PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES ADDRESSING TRANSFER
PRACTICES. (a) In the institution's [its] course catalogs and on
the institution's Internet [its] website, each institution of
higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices
of the institution regarding the transfer of course credit. In the
guidelines, the institution must identify a course by using the
common course numbering system approved by the board.
(b) Each general academic teaching institution shall
include in the guidelines published on the institution's Internet
website under Subsection (a) a transfer pathway for each major in
the top 25 majors at the institution for which students most
frequently transfer to the institution. A transfer pathway must
identify:
(1) the lower division course requirements for the
major, including the core curriculum requirements; and
(2) for each public junior college with a service area
located wholly or partly in a county in which the institution is
located, each course that may be transferred to the institution
from the college for course credit applied toward the major or core
curriculum, listed by the course name and number used by the
college.
(c) A general academic teaching institution shall annually
review and, if necessary, update each transfer pathway required
under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, each general
academic teaching institution shall develop and publish the
transfer pathways required under Section 61.830, Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.